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Cubs catcher Joe Girardi announced at Wrigley Field that the afternoon's game versus the Cardinals had been canceled, though he did not announce that the cancellation was prompted by Kile's death.

Girardi tearfully gave the news at 2: 37 p. m. CDT, broadcast regionally on Fox: " I thank you for your patience.

We regret to inform you because of a tragedy in the Cardinal family, that the commissioner has canceled the game today.

Please be respectful.

You will find out eventually what has happened, and I ask that you say a prayer for the Kile family.

" The game was rescheduled and made up later in the year on August 31, a 10 – 4 Cardinal defeat.

Jason Simontacchi, who pitched for the Cardinals, was visibly emotional during the game since Kile was a mentor to him.

Later that season, when the Cardinals clinched the Central Division championship in a game against the Astros, teammate Albert Pujols carried Kile's # 57 jersey, on a hanger, to the celebration on the field.

Kile was survived by his wife, Flynn, his twins, daughter Sierra and son Kannon, and son Ryker.